Co-housing childhoods: Parents' mediation of urban risk through participation in intentional communities

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-246

  Tchoukaleyska, Roza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Co housing; Community; Safety; Urban village

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957566428     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.562384     Document Type: Article

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